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October 2010 Archives

A Report From the Front Lines of Sanity
Metro Pulse correspondent Dean Novelli files his report on Saturday's Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear from Washington D.C.:The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Keep...Read More Published 10/31/2010 at 10:34 AM 2 comments
STEM Cell at the L&N?
So the big ballyhooed news conference this morning that brought both our mayors (Bill and Tim) and School Supe Dr. Jim McIntyre out to the...Read More Published 10/29/2010 at 11:10 AM 0 comments
On the Road to Sanity (We Hope)
Metro Pulse correspondent Dean Novelli (who previously wrote one of our Health Care Confidential essays, "Self-Pay in America") is attending the Rally to Restore Sanity...Read More Published 10/29/2010 at 10:24 AM 1 comments
The Spooky Plan-It: Halloween Edition, Oct. 29-31
The Daily Fact: Jack O'TurnipSPOOKY STUFFBoo! at the Zoo5:30 p.m. Friday-Sunday, Knoxville Zoo. $5-$6.The annual spookfest, with music, games, and the Scary-Go-Round.100 Years of Horror5:30...Read More Published 10/29/2010 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Thursday, Oct. 28
The Daily Fact: Happy birthday, weirdo.CULTCHAWDVX Blue Plate Special: Tony Joe White and Andrew CombsNoon, Knoxville Visitor Center. Free.The Swamp Fox hisself! Worth coming down...Read More Published 10/28/2010 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Wednesday, Oct. 27
The Daily Fact: Subterranean homesick blues.CULTCHAOnce Upon a Time9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m., Civic Auditorium. $6.The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra's annual Young People's concerts for students...Read More Published 10/27/2010 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
Coal Ash Public Forum Rallies Environmentalists
After a great deal of public disgruntlement over the EPA's lack of a public hearing on coal ash regulation in Tennessee--the state with, you know,...Read More Published 10/26/2010 at 5:51 PM 0 comments
The Newspaper War That Isn't
Yesterday's headline at WBIR's website is pretty hot stuff: "War brewing over Knox newspaper advertising deal." Wow! Newspaper wars are so early 20th century--are there...Read More Published 10/26/2010 at 11:07 AM 2 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Tuesday, Oct. 26
The Daily Fact: Wyatt's riot.CULTCHAOnce Upon a Time9:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m., Civic Auditorium. $6.The Knoxville Symphony Orchestra's annual Young People's concerts for students and...Read More Published 10/26/2010 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Monday, Oct. 25
The Daily Fact: We band of brothers.CULTCHAEyes Lips EyesNoon, Knoxville Visitor Center. Free.10 p.m., Preservation Pub. $3.Spiky indie-pop from Utah. Their Eyes Were Watching God6:30 p.m.,...Read More Published 10/25/2010 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Weekend Edition, Oct. 22-24
The Daily Fact: Happy Smurfday!CULTCHAKnoxville Horror Film Festival8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Relix Variety Theatre. $10 (or $17 for both nights)It's back and it's bigger....Read More Published 10/22/2010 at 5:00 PM 0 comments
New UT Prez an Inside Job
As was widely expected on the Knoxville campus, the UT Board of Trustees on Friday morning selected Joe DiPietro, chancellor of UT's Institute of Agriculture,...Read More Published 10/22/2010 at 11:19 AM 0 comments
Same-Sex Couples In Letters to Ed
Our cover photo of a lesbian couple with their baby daughter holding hands on Market Square and the article that went with it, "Love, Hate,...Read More Published 10/21/2010 at 4:09 PM 0 comments
Tennessee Economy: Don't Hold Your Breath
The latest edition of the state economic forecast produced by UT's Center for Business and Economic Research (available online as a PDF) has what you'd...Read More Published 10/21/2010 at 2:30 PM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Thursday, Oct. 21
The Daily Fact: Evita wears a white dress.CULTCHAWDVX Blue Plate Special: Now You See Them and Johnson SwingtetNoon, Knoxville Visitor Center. Free.Asheville indie eccentrics and...Read More Published 10/21/2010 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Wednesday, Oct. 20
The Daily Fact: HUAC cometh.CULTCHAWDVX Blue Plate Special: Old Sledge and Dark Hollow BandNoon, Knoxville Visitor Center. Free.Virginia string band and local "folk'n'roll" outfit.Woyzeck7:30 p.m....Read More Published 10/20/2010 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Tuesday, Oct. 19
The Daily Fact: Hey DJ!CULTCHAWDVX Blue Plate Special: Orbo and the Long Shots with Charlie Faye and Lowell ThompsonNoon, Knoxville Visitor Center. Free.Norse boogie (see...Read More Published 10/19/2010 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Monday, Oct. 18
The Daily Fact: Lotta shakin' goin' on.CULTCHAWDVX Blue Plate Special: The Congress, Claude Bourbon, Chuck BrodskyNoon, Knoxville Visitor Center. Free.R&B-ish rock from the Rockies, atmospheric...Read More Published 10/18/2010 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
The Annual Karl Wagner Dinner
For years, it's been John Mayer's goal to realize a horror festival in the name of his good friend, the late Karl Wagner. (See "Is...Read More Published 10/15/2010 at 2:32 PM 0 comments
Knoxville Lands $4.3 Million Federal Sustainability Grant
As part of the Obama administration's new push for sustainable communities, the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $4.3 million to the...Read More Published 10/15/2010 at 11:25 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Weekend Edition, Oct. 15-17
The Daily Fact: Happy birthday, Marshall.CULTCHA2010 Secret City Film FestivalFriday-Sunday, Oak Ridge Playhouse. $15-$30.The return of East Tennessee's very own film fest. Runs through the...Read More Published 10/15/2010 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
Market Square's St. Oliver Sold
Jack Neely reports:A group led by New York developer Ethan Orley and local real-estate man Philip Welker closed Tuesday on their purchase of the St....Read More Published 10/14/2010 at 3:32 PM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Thursday, Oct. 14
The Daily Fact: A Bell at the speed of sound.CULTCHAThe FusticsNoon, Knoxville Visitor Center. Free.10 p.m., Preservation Pub. $3.Organ-driven rockers from Wilmington, N.C., sometimes rollicking,...Read More Published 10/14/2010 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Wednesday, Oct. 13
The Daily Fact: Into the Whirlpool.CULTCHAWDVX Blue Plate Special: the Smart Brothers with RobinellaNoon, Market Square stage. Free.The monthly Market Square Blue Plate is a...Read More Published 10/13/2010 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
Marking National Coming Out Day at UT
This week's cover story by Rose Kennedy profiled same-sex couples in Knoxville and the issues they face here. Yesterday also just happened to be...Read More Published 10/12/2010 at 5:18 PM 0 comments
Midway Business Park Meetings Set
Last month, County Mayor Tim Burchett asked County Commission to postpone action on the proposed Midway Road business park for 60 days, so he could...Read More Published 10/12/2010 at 4:11 PM 0 comments
New "Local Food" Deli to Open on Gay Street's 100 Block
Attention, Harold's fans--Jack Neely has all the details on a new deli that will be taking its place on Gay Street: Harry's. It also sounds...Read More Published 10/12/2010 at 12:20 PM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Tuesday, Oct 12
The Daily Fact: Don't put your crown jewels in the Wash.CULTCHAWDVX Blue Plate Special: Chris Castle and the Womack Family BandNoon, Knoxville Visitor Center. Free.Gritty...Read More Published 10/12/2010 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
MP's Alan Sherrod Awarded NEA Fellowship
Right now, perhaps even as you read these words, our classical music writer Alan Sherrod is having an excellent time in New York thanks to...Read More Published 10/11/2010 at 4:54 PM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Monday, Oct. 11
The Daily Fact: Disappearing days.CULTCHAWDVX Blue Plate Special: Emily White and the Dando Dondo ShowNoon, Knoxville Visitor Center. Free.Tuneful indie-folker, and a fine local folk...Read More Published 10/11/2010 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Weekend Edition, Oct. 8-10
The Daily Fact: Supernova!CULTCHA31st Annual Greekfest11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, St. George Greek Orthodox ChurchYou say souvlaki, I say spanakopita,...Read More Published 10/08/2010 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
Bee Death Mystery Breakthrough
It's been just a few weeks since we encapsulated some of the important research regarding honeybee colony collapse at our own University of Tennessee in...Read More Published 10/07/2010 at 12:49 PM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Thursday, Oct. 7
The Daily Fact: A Sevier fight.CULTCHAWDVX Blue Plate Special: Annie Crane with Chelsey Scott.Noon, Knoxville Visitor Center. Free.Crane is an indie-folk New Yorker with a...Read More Published 10/07/2010 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
IN IMAGES: Sneak Preview, Jackass 3D
So local rapscallion Johnny Knoxville's latest creation, Jackass 3D, will be in theaters next week. To celebrate, Regal decided to throw him a sneak preview...Read More Published 10/06/2010 at 5:00 PM 0 comments
See StoryCorps in Action Tomorrow on Market Square
StoryCorps, the recorders of regular folks' oral histories that you hear on public radio, will be setting up shop tomorrow on Market Square. They're bringing...Read More Published 10/06/2010 at 4:11 PM 0 comments
Know Someone Who Deserves an "Extreme Makeover"?
Hollywood is calling, Knoxville--and we mean that literally, since a casting agent from ABC's Extreme Makeover Home Edition called our office and asked us to...Read More Published 10/06/2010 at 3:53 PM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Wednesday, Oct. 6
The Daily Fact: Dawn of the Pennsylvania Deutsch.CULTCHAThe Music of Donald BrownNoon, the Square Room. $15.Even if you've seen Donald Brown play around town a...Read More Published 10/06/2010 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
The Daily Pulse: Tuesday, Oct. 5
The Daily Fact: Something completely different...CULTCHAWDVX Blue Plate Special: Christabel and the Jons with Mark Cosgrove & Roberto Dalla VecchiaNoon, Knoxville Visitor Center. Free.Local treasures...Read More Published 10/05/2010 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Monday, Oct. 4
The Daily Fact: POU5F1CULTCHAWDVX Blue Plate Special: The Rigney Family with Moors and McCumberNoon, Knoxville Visitor Center. Free.Nashville clan that picks together, and an alt-folk Dairy...Read More Published 10/04/2010 at 8:00 AM 0 comments
Bredesen Moves to Limit Mountaintop Removal
via WhitesCreek at RoaneViews, we learn that Gov. Phil Bredesen has filed a petition with the feds asking the Department of the Interior to find...Read More Published 10/02/2010 at 11:11 AM 0 comments
The Daily Plan-It: Weekend Edition, Oct. 1-3
The Daily Fact: October.CULTCHAFirst Friday5-9 p.m. Friday, downtown Knoxville.The monthly melange of gallery shows and hobnobbing includes a block party on the finally-finished 100 Block...Read More Published 10/01/2010 at 8:00 AM 0 comments

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